--- title: “SHE did not know how to sew or make clothes, and she was sure to di… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “SHE did not know how to sew or make clothes, and she was sure to die of starvation into the bargain if her brother Ironhead did not come soon and bring her some raw meat and bones, for she really could eat nothing else.” Who acts: Signy, brother. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Signy, brother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3282:30:61 # text = “SHE did not know how to sew or make clothes, and she was sure to die of starvation into the bargain if her brother Ironhead did not come soon and bring her some raw meat and bones, for she really could eat nothing else.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 SHE she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sew sew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 11 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 starvation starvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 Ironhead Ironhead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 36 raw raw ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 really really ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 46 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 45 obj _ _ 47 else else ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Signy | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **sew** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | clothes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset clothes=Product | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Signy | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Signy *not said here* | | | the bargain | | of starvation | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer | | 6 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · do-support | Signy's brother | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | Signy's brother *not said here* | some raw meat and bones | Signy | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination meat=Theme | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | could | Signy | nothing | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/62/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/)